23 October 2020: Specimens Collected, Identifications to Come
Alrighty!
I had one last field day on October 23. At that point most of the Asteraceae and other herbaceous plants that were flowering in the beginning of October were gone and the leaves on the woody stuff had fallen off.
So far I've collected 30 specimens but obviously haven't identified them all yet! I've got a ton of grasses I plan on identifying over the winter. I'm really excited to add QR codes to my specimen labels that link to the pictures I've posted on iNaturalist (methods include a mixture of creating labels with SERNEC and Herberling & Isaac, 2018 doi: 10.1002/aps3.1193).
For now, the winter will include identifying the species I've collected in October, figuring out how I can maximize the efficiency of the workflow from collection to herbarium label, and writing my thesis proposal!
If anything major happens I'll write another journal post but for now just anticipate random photo uploads as I start identifying more species!
-Matthew
